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#Fatkini Hashtag Inspires Women Of All Shapes To Post Unashamed Selfies
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Posted on 08/14/2014 2:58:27 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Posting selfies is quickly becoming a universal way for people to identify themselves as aligned to a particular idea or movement, and the newest selfie trend hopes to eliminate body-shaming. In doing so, women of all shapes are reshaping body-acceptance and the retail market.
The hashtag, #Fatkini, has been on the rise the past few months as more and more women on social media have gained the confidence they need to sport the revealing swimwear. Most popularly used on both Instagram and Tumblr, the hashtag has already produced thousands of selfies of plus-size women, and a following fiercely devoted toward their bravery and public acceptance.
The hashtag began within plus-size communities on social media, who seek to carve out a space for openness and support for plus-sized women. Later, these communities began to push for designers and retailers to open their market for more plus-size shapes. These communities widely attribute the hashtag's inception to a fashion journalism blog, Gabi Fresh, in which the author Gabi Gregg called upon women to wear whatever swimsuit they wanted without fear of shame and judgement.
The popular selfie trend is being noticed, and may be capable of influencing the fashion market. According to ColorLines, Forever 21 was one of the first retailers to acknowledge the trend, and have now begun producing a much larger swimsuit selection for bigger bodies.
TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Hobbies; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: fatkini; hashtag; selfies; waronwomenmeme
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To: nickcarraway
Wasn't it Johnny Cochran who said
"if the hips are wide, you must deride?"
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posted on
08/14/2014 3:26:40 PM PDT
by
nascarnation
(Toxic Baraq Syndrome: hopefully infecting a Dem candidate near you)
To: nascarnation
I think they are beautiful!!
I love to see a confident woman who is proud of herself.
To: nascarnation
Second from right is a blimp.
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posted on
08/14/2014 3:41:29 PM PDT
by
SIDENET
To: nickcarraway
Problem is, a fair number of perfectly fine looking women will wnat one. You know, they all think they’re fat.
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posted on
08/14/2014 3:42:29 PM PDT
by
TBP
(Obama lies, Granny dies.)
To: WorkingClassFilth
No kidding! Do not click!! Shame is a good thing!
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posted on
08/14/2014 3:53:20 PM PDT
by
bboop
(does not suffer fools gladly)
To: SIDENET
1 & 2 from left look quite normal... attractive girls.
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posted on
08/14/2014 3:55:06 PM PDT
by
BlueNgold
(Have we crossed the line from Govt. in righteous fear of the People - to a People in fear of Govt??)
To: nickcarraway
Lucy Collett is 180lbs, but you'd never know it...
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posted on
08/14/2014 4:05:09 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: nickcarraway
Everything from Rubenesque, through zaftig, to plain grotesque.
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posted on
08/14/2014 4:14:45 PM PDT
by
ApplegateRanch
(Love me, love my guns!©)
To: Chode; mabarker1
El Jefe, Chode....twenty years prior to her birth, I lived 18 miles south....in the Shire of Oxford....in the village of Mollington.....AAHHUURRRRGGGG!
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posted on
08/14/2014 5:08:08 PM PDT
by
SgtBob
(Freedom is not for the faint of heart. Semper Fi!)
To: TalBlack
I agree. Sad, isn’t it, how the entertainment industry has influenced Americans’ view of what is normal?
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posted on
08/14/2014 5:09:38 PM PDT
by
Bigg Red
(31 May 2014: Obamugabe officially declares the USA a vanquished subject of the Global Caliphate.)
To: Cowgirl of Justice
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posted on
08/14/2014 5:12:31 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
To: Chode
180 lbs in the right places...
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posted on
08/14/2014 5:12:33 PM PDT
by
Delta Dawn
(Fluent in two languages: English and cursive.)
To: SgtBob
lucky you, God i love gingers...
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posted on
08/14/2014 5:14:40 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: Delta Dawn
100%
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posted on
08/14/2014 5:16:04 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: Chode
Lucky me? I lived there 20 years before she was born. My kids are older than she is....but if her ma was....meh, oh well. Oh, I have a fair skinned, lovely ginger sitting to my right, as we speak;-). Great minds, ya know!
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posted on
08/14/2014 5:24:33 PM PDT
by
SgtBob
(Freedom is not for the faint of heart. Semper Fi!)
To: SgtBob
Oh, I have a fair skinned, lovely ginger sitting to my right, as we speak;-)like is said, lucky you 8^)
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posted on
08/14/2014 5:31:07 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: BlueNgold
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posted on
08/14/2014 5:38:43 PM PDT
by
SIDENET
To: cripplecreek
Seat 38 on Fido3, Icepick in the forehead!
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posted on
08/14/2014 5:59:24 PM PDT
by
mabarker1
(Please, Somebody Impeach the kenyan!!!! Once again dingy hairball, STFU!!! You corrupt POS!!!)
To: nickcarraway; Slings and Arrows
Flaunt it, baby...
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posted on
08/14/2014 6:03:47 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(ISIS has started up a slave trade in Iraq. Mission accomplshed, Barack, Mission accomplished.)
To: a fool in paradise
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posted on
08/14/2014 6:05:21 PM PDT
by
Pharmboy
(Democrats lie because they must.)
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